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Originally Posted by Eolas Pellor
...emulated Thic Quang Duc, a week or two later, I think, in front of the U.N. He belonged to the Catholic Worker movement -- Roger Allen LaPorte.
I use Thic Quang Duc as an example of Buddhist Compassion when I teach World Religions.
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I have to admit that the people you are introducing me to are much more dedicated to a cause than I am. I could not set myself on fire, and die a horrific death for an ideal. I start thinking about that, and my mind immediately goes to my children, and what would happen to them.